Incidence and characteristics of school bus crashes and injuries

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 336-341

  Yang, Jingzhen ^a,b   Peek Asa, Corinne ^a,b   Cheng, Gang ^a,b   Heiden, Erin ^a,b   Falb, Scott ^c   Ramirez, Marizen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Injury Prevention Research Center   (United States)

^c Iowa Department of Transportation   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatality; Incidence; Injury; School bus crash; School bus mileage

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; BIOMECHANICS; BUS DRIVERS; TRANSPORTATION PERSONNEL; VEHICLES;

FATALITY; INCIDENCE; INJURY; SCHOOL BUS CRASH; SCHOOL BUS MILEAGE;

BUSES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; SCHOOL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IOWA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; SCHOOLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60449105480     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2008.12.012     Document Type: Article

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